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https://www.anneskyvington.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/australian-flame-tree-2.jpg1170780“Flame Trees” was sung by Jimmy Barnes to commemorate Australia Day on 26th January this year (2016). The song depicts for me the two sides of Grafton, its polarities. This town is the setting for my memoir “River Girl” that I intend to publish in the near future. We lived outside the main town at […]